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CONTAINER Filed Dec. 6. 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l awuoutoz fa/121 A Fqge W 1Jam 2, 1934- J. E. PAGE 1,941,619

CONTAINER Filed Dec. 6. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Eli i Joim E 7 I PatentedJan. 2, 1934 UNITED STATES CONTAINER John Ernest Page, Sydney, New SouthWales,

Australia, assignor, by mesne assignments, to

The Guardian Trust Company,

Cleveland,

Ohio, a corporation of Ohio, trustee for Gibson Patent Containers, Ltd.,a corporation of New South Wales, Australia Application December 6,

11 Claims.

The invention relates to containers, and more particularly to acontainer consisting principally of paper board.

According, to one form which the invention may take, the container maycomprise a substantially cylindrical body of paper board and a bottomstructure having a substantially plane bottom and an inwardly extendingconical rim. The lower edge of the body may be provided with slitsforming fingers which may be spread outwardly within the rim of thebottom structure and held in such position by a suitable insert. In thisway a positive interlock is obtained between the body and the bottomstructure which eifectively prevents separation of these parts even whenused to carry heavyarticles. The container may be made substantiallycylindrical or it may be of conical form, in which case the containersmay be conveniently nested for shipping in assembled condition.

The invention also consists in certain new and original features ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

Although the novel features which are believed to be characteristic ofthis invention will be particularly pointed out in the claims appendedhereto, the invention itself, as to its objects and advantages, the modeof its operation and the manner of its organization may be betterunderstood by referring to the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in which Fig. 1represents a body blank;

Fig. 2 represents a collar blank for making up the bottom structure;

Fig. 3 indicates a'circular sheet of soft material such as paper, clothor cellophane;

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 represent discs of paper board used for making up thecontainers;

Fig. 7 illustrates a completed container Fig. 8 is a section through onecorner of the container shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a section through one corner of the bottom structure used inFig. '7;

Fig. 10 is a body blank forming part of a conical container, such as apail;

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the pail; and

Fig. 12 is a detail illustrating how the bail of the pail is secured.

In the following description and in the claims parts will be identifiedby specific names for convenience, but they are intended to be asgeneric in their application to similar parts as the art will permit.

1930. Serial No. 500,493

Like reference characters denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,practical commercial embodiments of the invention are shown, but as suchillustrations are primarily for purposes of disclosure, it will beunderstood that the structures may be modified in various respectswithout departure from the broad spirit and scope of the invention ashereinafter defined and claimed.

Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 9,inclusive, the container shown in Fig. 7 is made from the blanksindicated in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive. The body blank 20 comprises a bodyportion 120 slit to form a plurality of fingers at its lower edge. Thebody portions of the fingers are denoted by 123.and the nger ends aredenoted by 23. The lines 21 and 22 indicate score lines for bending thefingers at these points, as will be hereinafter set 75 forth more indetail.

The bottom structure may be made up from a blank 25 shown'in Fig. 2which comprises a rim forming band of paperboard, metal or othermaterial 26. The band may be provided with fingers 80 2'7 separated fromthe rim portion by a score line 28. The band is out along curved linesas indicated so that, when it is bent to form a ring with its endsriveted or otherwise secured together, the resulting rim portion will beconical.

To assemble the bottom structure as indicated in Fig. 9 the disc 29 ofpaper is first laid fiat and the outer disc 30 is superimposed thereon.The collar 25 with its ends secured together by pasting or riveting, isplaced over the disc 30 as indicated, with its fingers 27 bent inwardly.The paper or cellophane wrapper 29 is then bent over the top of the band26, as indicated, and down inside so that it overlaps the fingers 27 at126. The next smaller disc 31 is then forced into position shown torigidly hold the parts of the bottom structure assembled. It will beunderstood that a suitable machine may be provided for assembling theseparts, if desired.

To assemble the bottom structure and body, the I body blank 120 iscurved to form a cylinder and its meeting edges are secured together inany desired way, as by rivets 125, as indicated in Fig. 7. The lower endof the body 20 is placed within the bottom structure, which is indicatedby 33, with its finger ends 23 overlying the disc 31, as indicated inFig. 8. The insert 32, which is smaller than disc 31, is then forcedinto position to securely lock the body 20 and bottom structure 33together to form the completed container. 1

It will be understood that the disc 31 is larger than the insidediameter of the upper edge of the band 26 so that it must be forced pastthis point. The paper board material permits a certain amount ofyielding both in the disc 31 and in the conical band 26 so that thepositioning of the disc 31 is accomplished without rupturing any of theparts. At the same time the disc 31 firmly holds the end 126 of thewrapper 29 tucked in the position shown. In a similar manner the disc32, while larger than the inside diameter of the tubular body 120, canbe forced into position firmly to hold the finger parts 23 and 123expanded against the adjoining parts of the bottom structure or closure33. It will be understood that, if desired, the wrapper 29 may beadhesively secured to the disc 30 and band 26.

In some cases the middle disc 31 may be omitted, in which event theinner 'disc 31 holds both the fingers and the wrapper in position.

If desired, the closure shown in Fig. 9 may be made one piece instead ofcomposite, as illustrated. In other words, the closure will comprise anend wall with an in-turned side flange integral therewith, both wall andflange being made .of

homogeneous fibrous or metallic material. This closure may be eithermoulded to form the construction just described, or it may be made inthe same manner as any cylindrical paper board cover. Or, if desired,the closure may comprisea band member having an upstanding rim portionand an inwardly extending lip or flange portion of relatively stiffmaterial, upon which the disc member 31 seats, to form the bottom of thecontainer.

Referring now to Figs. 10, 11 and 12, the container herein shown issimilar to that-shown in Fig. '7 except that it is made conical. Theblank is denoted by 80, being cut in the shape shown so that when foldedaround to fasten its edges together, the shape will be conical. It isprovided with finger parts 81 and 82 which cooperate with the bottomstructure 84 to hold the parts in assembled relation in a manner similarto that described above in connection with Fig. 7.

If desired, the container may be provided with a bail 86 in which case asheet metal member 85 may be conveniently secured to the body f0securing the bail 86 thereto.

Thus, several specific embodiments of a conthey may be shipped in nestedrelation, one being placed within the other. The bottom structures orclosures shown in Fig... 9 may, of course, be shipped either set up orknocked down.

It will be noted that the bottom structures or closures because oftheirmanner of construction are quite rigid. When the closures areattached to the comparatively :yieldable body the rigidity of suchclosures imparts a substantial rigidity to the entire container, thusimparting strength to the set-up container and assisting it to withstandhard usage.

It will be understood that although a round container has been disclosedfor purposes of illustration, the invention is applicable also totriangular, octagonal and other shapes. Further-- more, the insertdiscs, as for instance the discs 30, 31 and 32, may be of othermaterials than paper board, as, for instance, glass or celluloid, orother transparent material.

The containers above described are strong and durable and will carryheavy loads without weakening. They are also cheap, principally becausethey are made of paper board and are easily assembled or set up by themaker or shipper. They are particularly Well adapted for shipping largeheavy contents in either solid or semi-solid condition. These containersmay also be used for shipping coffee, cereal, crackers, hats, millinery,artificial flowers, cement, sugar, salt, cocoa and other contents. Aftermaterial has been packed therein, the outward pressure thereby exertedon the side walls of the container maintains the fingers 123 bulgedoutwardly against the rim portion of the closure, and the insert disc 32is then not further needed. If the container is packed while resting onits bottom closure the insert disc 32 may be entirely eliminated whencertain kinds of material, which are hard, are packed therein.

While certain novel features of the invention have been shown anddescribed and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it will beunderstood that various omissions, substitutions and changes may be madeby those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

What is claimed is:

1. In a container, a tubular body of paper board having its end slit atcircumferentially spaced points to provide a plurality of fingers, saidfingers being scored at their junctions with the body, said fingersbeing scored also part way their length to form inner and outer fingerparts, a closure comprising an end wall and an inwardly extendingconical side flange, said fingers being positioned within said closurewith their outer parts against said bottom wall and their inner partsagainst said side flange, and a disc insert engaging said fingers at thejunctionof their inner and outer parts to hold said fingers in expandedposition firmly against said side flange and end wall.

2. A container for packaging ice cream comprising a-body having anexpansible outwardly flared attaching portion and an inturned portion atone end thereof, a closure comprising a conically shaped, rim, saidattaching portion being disposed within said closure, and meanspositioned within said container for holding said attaching portion incontact with said rim. I

3. In a container, a'body having a side wall I with fingers at its end,a closure comprising an end wall and an inwardly projecting side wallsurrounding said fingers, and an insert to hold said fingers within andagainst the side wall ofsaid closure. V

4. In a container, a wall portion having an outwardly flared part and aninwardly extending part at an end thereof, a conically shaped secondwall portion surrounding said end of the first wall portion, and meansincluding an inserted member for holding said outwardly flared part ofthe first wall portion positioned against said second wall portion.

scribed, the combination of a tubular body provided with a flexibleoutwardly expansible portion at its lower end, and a bottom closure forsaid body comprising a sleeve surrounding the expansible portion of saidbody, an upper portion of said sleeve substantially fitting'the body anda lower portion of said sleeve being enlargedrela- .tive to the normalsize of the body, a part carried by and extending laterally inwardlyfrom the bottom edge of said sleeve, and abottom plate of larger sizethan the interior size of said tubular body, said bottom plate beingadapted to be forced into position inside of said body and within theenlarged lower portion of said sleeve to thereby expand said bottommarginal portion of the body into interlocked relation with said sleeve,said laterally inwardly-extending bottom part constituting a seat forsaid plate within said enlarged sleeve portion.

7. In a set-up container of the class described, the combination of atubular body slit to provide an expansible portion at its lower-end, anda bottom closure for said body comprising a frusto conical sleevesurrounding the lower marginal portion of the body, a part carried byand extending laterally inwardly from the bottom edge of the sleeve, anda bottom plate of larger size than the interior size of said body, saidplate being adapted to be forced into position inside of said body andwithin the base portion of said conical sleeve to thereby expand thelower marginal portion of the body into conformity with said sleeve.

8. In a set-up container of the class described, the combination of atubular body of paper havsaid tapered portion.

ing its lower marginal portion slit at circumferentially spaced pointsto provide a plurality of tongues at the bottom end of said body, and abottom closure for said body comprising a sleeve surrounding said slitportion of the body, an upper portion of said sleeve substantiallyfitting the body and a lower portion being enlarged relative to thenormal size of the body, and a bottom plate of larger size than theinterior size of said tubular body, said bottom plate being adapted tobe forced into position inside of said body and within said sleeve tothereby expand said slit portion of the body into interlocked relationwith said sleeve, the latter having a laterally inwardlyextending partat its bottom edge constituting a stop for positioning said plate withinsaid tongues.

9. A container for ice cream comprising, a body having a side wall witha flexible and outwardly deformable portion and an inturned portion atits end, a non-yielding closure comprising an end wall and an inwardlyprojecting side wall surrounding said deformable portion, and an insertto hold said deformable portion within and against said side walls.

10. In a container, a body of fibrous material having a side wall withfingers at bne end thereof, a closure having an inwardly projectingannular side flange and an end wall forming the end of the container,and a disc insert holding said fingers firmly against said side flangeand between said end wall and itself.

11. A collapsible ice cream container comprising, a tubular memberhaving slits therein to provide an outwardly expansible end portion, a010- sure member telescoped over said end portion, said closure memberhaving a rim portion tapered inwardly, and means holding said expansibleend portion pressed in looking engagement against JOHN ERNEST PAGE.

